Subjective Patterns of Randomness and Choice: Some Consequences of Collective Responses

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 203-224

  Falk, Ruma ^a   Falk, Raphael ^a   Ayton, Peter ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aesthetics; competition versus cooperation; default tendencies; hide and seek; randomness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MEMORY;

EID: 60349127127     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.35.1.203     Document Type: Article

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